Growing Up Plain

The Journey Of A Public Friend

BY WILMER COOPER
In Growing Up Plain, Quaker theologian, teacher and author Cooper sets forth the theology and practice of faith among the "plain people" of Quakerdom. His personal story brings that theology to life in an intimate, accessible way.

Friends United Press 1999 200 PP. Paper

$16.50 (in stock)

Growing Up Quaker And Universalist Too

BY SALLY RICKERMAN
In this essay the author looks back on her journey as a Quaker universalist from her ancestral roots in 17th-century Quakerism, to her family's experiences on the American frontier, to her own upbringing as a 20th-century Friend by "both nature and nurture."

Quaker Universalist Fellowship 1999 18 PP. Paper

$5.00 (in stock)

Guests Of My Life

BY ELIZABETH WATSON
An excellent resource for those dealing with death, this book traces the authors journey through grief at the time of the accidental death of a daughter. She shares the solace she received from five authors including Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson.

Quaker Press of FGC 1996 176 PP. Paper

$14.95 (in stock)

Guide For Friends On Conscientious Objection To War

BY BEN RICHMOND
Is it ever right to go to war? What does the Bible say? What if there is a draft? Covers practical questions about pacifism and registering as a conscientious objector.

FUP 1991 16 PP. Paper

$1.00 (in stock)

Guide To Quaker Practice

Php 20

BY HOWARD BRINTON
This is an accessible, clear and concise description of Quaker distinctives, beliefs and practices. "For more than sixty years, Friends have used the Guide to Quaker Practice to demystify Friends' customary procedures. Howard Brinton wrote the Guide assuming that somebody would improve on his work as the Religious Society of Friends grew and changed in the second half of the twentieth century. His Guide proved more durable than he anticipated. He described Quaker pra ctice by reference to theology, applying historical precedent insofar as it did not interfere with the clear description of contemporary practice." - Jared Taber, from the new foreword

Pendle Hill Pamphlet 1993 92 PP. Paper

$8.00 (in stock)

A Guide To True Peace

Or A Method Of Attaining To Inward And Spiritual Prayer

BY FRANCOIS FENELON, MADAME JEANNE GUYON, MIGUEL DE MOLINOS
This devotional classic was originally produced with the intention of nourishing the spiritual life of believers at the dawn of the Industrial Age. There was a need for a practical guide on what it means to abide in Christ, to live with an active knowledge of the presence of God. Over 180 years later, this book is still entirely relevant. "A Guide to True Peace" is based largely upon the works of Miguel de Molinos, Madame Guyon, and Francois Fenelon, three leading figures in the 17th century European spiritual movement known as "Quietism." They acquired this label through the teaching that God is known through the prayer of inward silence. Pocket sized 4" X 6".

Searchlight Ministries 84 PP. Paper

$3.00 (in stock)

Half Pillar Earrings

CRAFTED BY SETH BARCH
Sterling silver, sterling hooks. Simple hammer textured earrings sparkle without ostentation. Price includes shipping.

Seth Barch EARRINGS Boxed

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Half Wild

Poems

BY MARY ROSE O'REILLEY
This winner of the 2005 Walt Whitman Award of the Academy of American Poets is a spiritual biography wound backwards, spiraling into the world rather than out of it. Here sacred inquiry is grounded in a passion for the natural world, resolving questions through lyric, erotic, and sensual responses from the Quaker author of Barn at the End of the World.

Louisiana State University Press 2006 62 PP. Paper

$16.95 (low stock)

Handbook For Mortals

Guidance For People Facing Serious Illness

BY JOANNE LYNN AND JOAN HARROLD
Handbook for Mortals is warmly addressed to all those who wish to approach the final years of life with greater awareness of what to expect and greater confidence about how to make the end of our lives a time of growth, comfort, and meaningful reflection. Written by Dr. Joanne Lynn and a team of expert physicians, this book provides equal measures of practical information and wise counsel. All practical aspects are explored, and included are moving firsthand insights into a profoundly important process, one that is increasingly kept hidden in our culture. Includes inspiring quotations from Emily Dickinson, W. H. Auden, Jane Kenyon, and others.

Oxford University Press 2001 256 PP. Paper

$21.95 (backorder)

Handbook For Overseers

BY PHILADELPHIA YEARLY MEETING
Describes care of members, functions shared with other committees, record keeping, etc.

Philadelphia YM 1994 15 PP. Paper

$2.25 (in stock)

Handbook For The Presiding Clerk

BY DAVID STANFIELD
Useful how to manual written by an experienced clerk.

North Carolina Yearly Meeting (F) 1989 20 PP. Paper

$4.00 (in stock)

Handbook On Miliatary Taxes And Conscience

EDITED BY LINDA COFFIN
Nine chapters on issues such as "What does the Bible Say?," "A Quaker History," "Spiritual Leadings and Rational Decisions," "Honoring God or Paying Caesar." Includes questions fro study and the text of the Peace Tax Bill in plain English.

Friends Committee on War Tax Concerns 1988 222 PP. Paper

$6.50 (in stock)

Handbook On Records

Their Creation, Maintenance, And Preservation In Meeting

BY BALTIMORE YEARLY MEETING COMMITTEE ON RECORDS
If you find yourself frustrated by the overwhelming task of maintaining and preserving your meeting's records, this little handbook has been developed just for you and your meeting.

Balt. YM 1996 61 PP. Spiral Bound

$10.00 (in stock)

Hands

BY PAT HUMPHRIES
Pat Humphries and Sandy Opatow performed at the 2003 Gathering and were well loved. This CD contains Humphries' famous peace anthem `Swimming to the Other Side,' as well as `Bread and Roses,' `In this Life' and `We Were There.'

Appleseed 2001 45 MINUTES Audio

$15.00 (in stock)

Hands At Work

Portraits And Profiles Of People Who Work With Their Hands

BY IRIS GRAVILLE, PHOTOS BY SUMMER MOON SCRIVER
Hands at Work offers profiles and photographs of people passionate about working with their hands; many of them are from Lopez Island. The stories and photographs of a boat builder, potter, chef, reef net fisherman, quilter, physical therapist, blacksmith and others portray the mystical rightness of deeply fulfilling work. Iris Graville tells the stories behind these hands.

Heron Moon Press 2009 145 PP. Cloth

$34.00 (in stock)

Hannah Coulter

A Novel

BY WENDELL BERRY
"Ignorant boys, killing each other," is just about all Nathan Coulter would tell his wife, friends, and family about the Battle of Okinawa in the spring of 1945. Life carried on for the community of Port William, Kentucky, as some boys returned from the war and the lives of others were mourned. In her seventies, Nathan's wife, Hannah, has time now to tell of the years since the war. In Wendell Berry's unforgettable prose, we learn of the Coulter's children, of the Feltners and Branches, and how survivors "live right on." "Atmospheric and quietly moving." - Kirkus Reviews

Counterpoint 2005 208 PP. Paper

$14.95 (low stock)

Hannah Regina

Britain's Quaker Queen

BY MICHAEL KREPS
Hannah Lightfoot, a Quaker girl, through her clandestine marriage to George Prince of Wales, became his Queen when he became King George III. She was the mother of three unacknowledged children by George, but was spirited away when he lost interest in her. In 1866, many years after their deaths, their relationship became the focus of a notorious London court case.

Cardinal Press 2003 184 PP. Paper

$28.95 (low stock)

Happy The Place - Limited Edition Print

BY EMILY BROWN
HAPPY THE PLACE. In an Edition of 13. "In 2008 I made a suite of prints based on Friends testimonies, each with an extract of text from PYM's Faith and Practice. My hope was to convey visually some qualities commonly found in Friends' writings and practices. There are five prints in limited editions. They are 15 x 22 inches on sturdy archival paper, signed and dated on the reverse side. Each print has both an original line etching on gampi paper and a digital print on which it is set. They are for sale unframed. Very suitable for offices, hospitals, retirement communities, colleges, schools, social service agencies, and homes." - - Emily Brown's web site: www.emilybrown.net

Emily Brown 2008 PRINT Blank

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The Harlot's Bible

And Other Quaker Essays

BY CHUCK FAGER
A characteristically eclectic selection of essays on liberal Quakerism today and in the past. Essays range from a tribute to Bill Kreidler to an essay on divorce as a spiritual passage. Presented in Chuck Fager's usual very busy typography.

eNovel.com 2002 185 PP Paper

$14.95 (backorder)

Harvard Classics !st Volume (91)

Franklin, Penn, Woolman

BY BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, JOHN WOOLMAN, WILLIAM PENN
SECONDHAND COPY. Fair condition for reading, but cover loose and tatty round the edges. First of a 51-volume anthology of classic works from world literature, compiled and edited by Harvard University president Charles W. Eliot . Has his edits of Benjamin Franklins Journal, Woolmans Journal and Penn's Fruits of solitude.

P F Collier 1909 415 PP. Cloth

$8.00 USED - availability checked Mar 17th 8:16am CDT

Harvesting Hope

The Story Of Cesar Chavez

BY KATHERINE KRULL, ILLUSTRATED BY YUYI MORALES
"The dramatic story of Chavez's 340-mile march to protest the working conditions of migrant farmworkers in California is the centerpiece of this well-told biography. Readers meet Chavez at his grandparents' home in Arizona where he lived happily amid a large extended family. His childhood was cut short when, due to financial difficulties, the family was forced to move to California to seek employment. After years of laboring in the fields, Chavez became increasingly disturbed by the inhuman living conditions imposed by the growers" School Library Journal

Harcourt 2003 48 PP. Cloth

$17.00 (low stock)

Have A Nice Doomsday

Why Millions Of Americans Are Looking Forward To The End Of The World

BY NICHOLAS GUYAT
At least 50 million Americans have come to believe that the apocalypse will take place in their lifetime. They're convinced that, any day now, Jesus will snatch up his followers and spirit them to heaven. The rest of us will be left behind to endure massive earthquakes, devastating wars, and the terrifying rise of the Antichrist. But true believers aren't sitting around waiting for the Rapture. They're getting involved in debates over abortion, gay rights, and even foreign policy. Are they devout or deranged? How far does their influence stretch? This is the Australian edition of a British tome by a Canadian.

Ebury Press 2007 312 PP. Paper

$4.00 (in stock)

Have Fun. Learn Stuff. Grow.

Homeschooling And The Curriculum Of Love

BY DAVID ALBERT
Gently and passionately, homeschooling advocate David H. Albert insists that the curriculum of love is not about externals. It is about what is essential in each individual human being, and in every child. Its code words are communication, inquisitivness, acceptance, joy, honesty, and courage. It demands that we assist our children in seeking to embrace a world that is their own, and prepared to render up her secrets. It is about surprises, unveilings, moments of spontaneous recognition, journeys completed and new ones waiting to be undertaken. Have Fun. Learn Stuff. Grow. is a powerful, humorous, fearless, and thoroughly appealing approach to learning.

Common Courage Press 2005 192 PP. Paper

$14.95 (in stock)

Healing Heart - Families

Storytelling To Encourage Caring And Healthy Families

EDITED BY ALISON COX AND DAVID ALBERT
The Healing Heart provides powerful examples of the use of stories and storytelling in encouraging resiliency, empathy, respect, and healing. These engaging books contain stories, and narratives about the use of the stories in activities with different populations or which address specific social or community problems. This volume focuses on families, dealing specifically with healing through story, health promotion, disease prevention, early childhood intervention, children with medical problems, adopting families, schools, sexual identities, grief, and spiritual healing.

New Society 2003 256 PP. Paper

$19.95 (in stock)

Healing Heart - Communities

Storytelling For Strong And Healthy Communities

EDITED BY ALISON COX AND DAVID ALBERT
The Healing Heart provides powerful examples of the use of stories and storytelling in encouraging resiliency, empathy, respect, and healing. These engaging books contain stories, and narratives about the use of the stories in activities with different populations or which address specific social or community problems. This volume focuses on community-building, with sections on youth, violence prevention, poverty, domestic violence, substance abuse and addiction, racism, elders, culture, environmental protection, homelessness, and community development.

New Society 2003 256 PP. Paper

$19.95 (low stock)

Healing Ourselves And The Earth

BY ELIZABETH WATSON
This updated booklet is based on a talk that the late Elizabeth Watson presented at the FGC Gathering in 1990. Her challenging insights about the spiritual roots of humans' ecologically destructive behavior are as relevant - and urgent - today as they were then. After surveying the many fronts on which the earth's ecological integrity is seriously threatened, Elizabeth outlined five common beliefs that need rethinking if we are to live sustainable as part of the family of life on this planet. In the process, she demonstrated that Earthcare requires not only a new manner of living on the earth but a transformed consciousness about our place in Creation.

Quaker Earthcare Witness 1991 17 PP. Paper

$4.00 (low stock)

Healing The Heart Of Conflict

8 Crucial Steps To Making Peace With Yourself And Others

BY MARC GOPIN
Drawing on his rich experience in the field of international conflict resolution, Marc Gopin applies what he's learned about clashing cultures and beliefs on the world stage to the more personal - but no less painful - struggles involving families, friends, and coworkers. In Healing the Heart of Conflict, Gopin identifies the measures we can all take to make peace in our own troubled lives. His powerful 8-step plan includes careful coaching in the art of listening, the art of observation, and the delicate process of addressing the deepest emotions of others under circumstances that could turn explosive at any moment. He then applies these steps to many practical examples.

Rodale 2005 320 PP. Paper

$15.95 (in stock)

Healing The Heart Of Conflict - 8 Crucial Steps

To Making Peace With Yourself And Others - Sale Version

BY MARC GOPIN
Drawing on his rich experience in the field of international conflict resolution, Marc Gopin applies what he's learned about clashing cultures and beliefs on the world stage tothe more personal - but no less painful - struggles involving families, friends, and coworkers. In Healing the Heartof Conflict, Gopin identifies the measures we can all taketo make peace in our own troubled lives. His powerful 8-step plan includes careful coaching in the art of listening, the art of observation, and the delicate process of addressing the deepest emotions of others under circumstances thatcould turn explosive at any moment. He then applies these steps to many practical examples.

Rodale 2005 320 PP. Paper

$9.00 (low stock)

Healthy Anger

How To Help Children And Teens Manage Their Anger

BY BERNARD GOLDEN
How should we respond to a child's temper tantrum? To a teenager's sullen resentment? How can we help children and teens experience their anger without being overwhelmed by it? How can we deal with their anger before it leads to depression, isolation, or even violence? This book offers specific, practical strategies for helping children and teens manage their anger constructively with a set of skills that parents, teachers, and counselors can use to show children how to identify the causes of anger; how to respond to it in ways that lead to an internal sense of competence and self-control; how to use anger to understand their own emotional situation

Oxford University Press 2003 323 PP. Paper

$7.50 (in stock)

Hearing With The Heart

A Gentle Guide To Discerning God's Will For Your Life

BY DEBRA FARRINGTON
"Everyone from the most conservative Christian to the most spiritual-but-not-religious folks will find her tools for discernment useful. They include the Quaker practice of settling into silence and waiting on God as well as Lectio Divina, a method for meditating on scripture. Farrington's final section invites readers to go through the process of discernment, but one need not be at a crossroads to appreciate this book." - Publishers Weekly (starred review)

Jossey-Bass 2003 232 PP. Cloth

$19.95 (in stock)